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. 2022 Mar 9;9:787932. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.787932

Table 2.

Ecological and baits delivery characteristics for each social group.

Social group ID Zone Number of delivery Fed outlier sett Cubs Badger activitya during the spring deployment Badger activitya during the summer deployment Max no. of badgers observed on video Group size (from genetic typing) No. of badgers RhB positive No. of baits available per badgerb
1 B 2 No Yes 0.04 0 4 4 3 29
2 1 No No 0 NAc 1 1 0 84
3 2 No Yes 0 0.06 2 2 2 58
4 2 Yes Yes 0.07 2 8 3 17.5
5 1 Yes No 0 0.01 1 2 0 30
6 2 No Yes 0 0.31 4 6 1 19.3
17 1 No No 0.03 0 2 2 1 30
18 2 No No 0 0 2 0 0 NA
10 A 2 Yes Yes 0.33 0 6 9 4 15.6
12 2 No Yes 0.78 0.08 5 6 5 27.3
13 2 Yes Yes 0.78 0.28 3 6 4 19.3
14 1 Yes Yes 0.02 0.03 3 8 3 15
15 2 No Yes NAd NAd NAd 8 8 20.5
16 2 Yes Yes 0.21 0.05 6 14 8 10
19 1 No No 0.06 0.05 1 6 1 20
Mean ± SD 0.17 ± 0.28 0.09 ± 0.12 3.0 ± 1.7 5.5 ± 3.7 2.9 ± 2.6 28.2 ± 19.7

The badger activity and maximum number of badgers were derived from video surveillance, whereas the group size was drawn from the genetic typing.

a

Number of visits per day.

b

Number total of baits delivered on the sett per group size.

c

Not monitored during summer.

d

Camera-traps stolen.